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Governor signs HB 3143 in Eugene
Kulongoski also made stops in Bend and Medford
to sign bills on land use and transportation funds
BY TYLER GRAF
FREELANCE REPORTER
Governor Kulongoski made a
stop in Eugene on Tuesday to sign
House Bill 3143, which expands
Oregon’s enterprise zone program
by authorizing the Department of
Economic Community Develop
ment to approve 10 additional
enterprise zones.
“Eugene has effectively used
enterprise zoneS to revitalize its
economy, representing approxi
mately 40 percent of the state’s
economic growth related to the
economic zone program,” Kulon
goski said in a press release.
“This program encourages inno
vative community-based ap
proaches to creating jobs and
economic opportunities.”
GOVERNOR, page 4
Mayor Kitty
Piercy, left,
Auge Sick, gen
eral manager of
Molecular
Probes, center,
and Gov. Ted
Kulongoski chat
before
Kulongoski
signs HB 3143
to create
additional
enterprise zones
at a ceremony
held Tuesday.
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T-shirts with
the winning
slogan, "get
inDUCKted,”
are now on
sale in the
University
Bookstore.
imBobosky | Photo editor
Decked out DUCKS
This year University staff members involved the community
in designing the Spirit T-Shirt through a slogan-writing contest
BY GABE BRADLEY
NEWS EDITOR
GET InDUCKted!
This will be the slogan emblazoned on the
chests of thousands of fans at Autzen Stadium for
the season’s first home football game Sept. 10.
The slogan for this year’s Spirit T-Shirt, which
was unveiled July 22, is about teamwork, being
part of a larger group and showing support, ac
cording to Nita Nickell who works for the Univer
sity’s trademark and licensing department.
“Every year for the last three years we’ve tried
to build fan support in the stadium,” Nickell said.
From this effort came the idea of the Spirit T
Shirt, which hit the shelves two seasons ago
with the slogan “Lighting Strikes! ”
SPIRIT, page 5
Students'
spouses no
longer get
free tickets
The ASUO Executive says only
fee-paying students can receive
sports tickets at no charge
BY NICHOLAS WILBUR
NEWS REPORTER
The ASUO Executive recently decided that
spouses of University students are no longer
eligible for free tickets to football and men’s
basketball games. The new policy change
will not affect those receiving a discounted
rate at the University Student Recreation
Center, but restrictions on eligibility will be
tightened to eliminate past abuses of the
Spousal Equivalency Card program.
The previous program stated: “(An) inci
dental fee-paying student may obtain stu
dent tickets for his or her spouse, domestic
partner and/or child (ren), in addition to ob
taining tickets for him or herself, by show
ing the appropriate certification card provid
ed by the ASUO office,” according to the
terms and conditions of the Spouse/Domes
tic Partner/Child Certification program.
Due to past reports of students abusing
the policy, the Executive has decided to
maintain consistency within student govern
ment and revoke the program’s privileges.
ASUO President Adam Walsh said the Ex
ecutive initially wanted to restrict eligibility
to make it harder to find loopholes, but then
realized that the main problem remained.
“Student tickets are being given to non
students,” Walsh said. “They’re receiving
the benefits without paying the incidental
fees,” which pay for the football and
basketball tickets.
In a letter that will be posted outside the
ASUO office, Walsh states that student ath
letic tickets “are one of the most widely
used resources that the fee provides.” The
letter later states, “We want to maintain
fairness throughout the process and pro
grams of the incidental fee. In order to
maintain that fairness ... only incidental
fee paying students should receive the ben
efits of the incidental fee.”
Walsh said the reason the Student Recre
ation Center discount rate for spouses is not
being revoked is because spouses are still
paying for the service, and although they are
TICKETS, page 5
Couple helps foreign exchange students buy furniture
Wayne and Rita Kingsbury have a history of helping
foreign exchange students adapt to Eugene
BYGABE BRADLEY
NEWS EDITOR
After years of welcoming interna
tional students to the country, a local
couple has found a new way to help
with the transition.
“For the last 16 years we’ve been a
friendship family for international stu
dents,” Wayne Kingsbury said.
Since 1989, Kingsbury and his wife,
Rita, have been a friendship family for
23 students from 15 different countries.
“It’s really affected our lives,” Mrs.
Kingsbury said. “We’ve made some
wonderful international friends
and family.”
As a friendship family, the Kings
burys picked up students from the air
port and spent time with them.
“We have at least eight or 10 that
we really consider family,” Mrs.
Kingsbury said.
“In that time we’ve helped a lot
of students ... get settled,” Mr.
Kingsbury said.
International students simply cannot
bring their own furniture. Also, many
students are not familiar with the con
cept of garage sales or used furniture,
which often leads to a dilemma, Mrs.
Kingsbury said.
“We know how hard it is when
someone comes from a different coun
try,” Mrs. Kingsbury said. “Students
are really in need of furniture when
they arrive.”
However, because international stu
dents often have to select an apartment
sight unseen, renting a furnished apart
ment is often not a good option.
“We went to some of the furnished
apartments and we have been appalled
at the ripped, smelly, used furniture,”
Mrs. Kingsbury said. “We thought,
This is horrible,’ and we thought, ‘We
can do this better.’”
Eventually, the Kingsburys decided
to give it a try.
FURNITURE, page 5
Rita Kingsbury, left, and her husband Wayne load a sofa onto their truck to deliver to
an international student.